The
Monitor-Herald,
Aug 19, 1937

Building Boom On At City Now

Residences,
Business Houses Under Construction - Others To Be Started Soon.

CalhounCity
is experiencing considerable building activities at this time. Several
new homes are under construction, while others are building busines
[sic] houses and plants. The city has had a gradual growth for many years
and is recognized as one of the best towns in this part of the state. The
growth has been gradual and permanent, and property values continue to maintain
high level, [sic] with people seeking homes and employment here in order to
enjoy the benefits of good churches, a fine school, water and light service,
and many other advantages.

Johnstone-HawkinsBuilding New Ford
Agency Plant

The Johnstone-Hawkins Motor Co.,
Ford distributors for the county, started work this week on a fine new agency
plant here. The building is being erected on Highway 8, one block east of the
public square, and will be one of the largest and most modern automobile agency
buildings in this section, when completed. The building is being erected
by EnglandTilghman, and will be a brick structure, with many
modern conveniences. The building will be 50 x 135 feet in size, with a
drive-in service station on the front and the rest of the building divided into
show rooms, offices, shop and warehouse.

TomPryorMotorCo.Building Addition

The Tom Pryor Motor Company, Chevrolet dealers here for many years, started
work last week on a large addition to their building on Highway 8, just west of
the square. The building is 48 x 90 feet in size, is being constructed of
brick, with concrete floor and steel window frames, and will be used for show
rooms, shop, office and warehouse. Mr. Pryor says that when this
building is completed he will have an ideal plant for handling automobiles, and
can then take care of his business in an efficient and modern way.

New Service Station On the Square

Mr. Edward Creekmore is having plans drawn this week for the
construction of a beautiful and modern service station, which will be started
within the next week or two on the east side of the square on the corner where
Highway 8 leaves the square. This building will be a large and commodious one
and will be one of the most modern types of service station buildings.

New Residences Being Constructed

Among the new residences being constructed at this place is a frame building
on South Main Street, which
is being built for A. B. Myers and will be occupied by Mr. Leo Vanlandingham,
who is moving here from Vardaman and is employed by the Pryor Hardware Company.

Mr. Tilden Pryor is having a nice seven-room brick veneer bungalow
constructed on the lot near the school building where the former home of Edward
Pryor was burned several years ago. This new home will be modern in every
respect and will be a distinct addition to the northern part of the city.

Mr. Leon Vance has purchased a lot in WestCalhounCity,
two blocks off the public square and will have a frame residence constructed on
it. Work on the building is expected to start within the next week or so.

Monitor-Herald,
Aug 19, 1937

Simmons - Rodgers

A host of friends and relatives were greatly surprised when Miss Mary Rodgers
became the bride of Mr. James Simmons on Aug. 12th.

The bride is the young and beautiful daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Rogers, [sic] of near Sabougla. The groom is a fine young man, the son of
Mr. Will Simmons, also of Sabougla.

Monitor-Herald,
Oct 2, 1937

Mr. E. W. Wright, farmer, of the Cole’s Creek community,
displayed a tax receipt issued to his father, J. L. Wright, in 1870, while in
town Tuesday, which attracted quite a bit of comment about town.

The tax receipt was issued for the sum of $3.40 and was all the taxes
required on 440 acres of land. Mr. Wright also displayed his tax receipt
for 1936 on the same land which amounted to $247.72. It would seem,
therefore, that in the past 76 [sic] years taxes in this county have taken a
decided jump upward.

The receipt was written out in long hand and signed by H. M. Winter,
Sheriff. Apparently in those far-off days, the Sheriff did not have
printed tax receipts and wrote out each receipt on scraps of paper.

Mr. Wright said that he was born on this
land which was owned by his father and has spent his entire life on it.
He is the present owner and is considered one of the best farmers in the
county. The land, despite it’s [sic] long
cultivation, is still fine land, having been cared for as it should have been
and built up as it became depleted.

The Calhoun
Monitor,
May 5, 1921

Barton Williams
---
Mr. Earnest Barton, of Derma, and Miss Pearl Williams, of near
Calhoun City, were happily married [sic] last Sunday at the home of Rev. S. H. Shepherd
at Derma. Mr. Barton is the son of Mr. nad [sic] Mrs. R. E. Barton and is a fine young man
who has many friends all over the county. The bride is the daughter of
Mr. Ed. Williams and is a popular and talented young lady who is loved by all
her acquaintances. We wish this fine young couple a long joyous journey
through life.

The Calhoun
Monitor Dec 23, 1920

Sheriff Nabs Large Still

Sheriff C. R. Young, accompanied by his deputies Messrs. Sam H. Smith
and W. J. Reid, went over on Cowpen the other
night and brought back with them a splendid specimen of the Wildcat
still. Too, they brought back about five gallons of the finished product,
which, while the Editor didn’t get a chance to taste, had a most aromatic
smell, and was evidently of a high class brand of Moonshine.

The still was found about 1 mile north of Lantrip schoolhouse and surrounded
by a large number of barrels of mash ready for making into whiskey. The
still itself was well arranged and was a big one, fifty or sixty gallon
capacity.

Sheriff Young says that contrary to the usual course, this still was given
away by the whiskey men, rather than law abiding citizens.

The raiding party drove up in their car to a point somewhere near the still,
but the moonshiners were evidenly
[sic] just leaving. They had finished their run,
cleaned up, filled the kettle again, drawn the fire, and were laughing and
talking as they moved off.

The officers immediately gave chase to them and the liquor men fled,
dropping their jug of newly made liquor as they ran. The officers chased them
for some half mile, but finally lost them.

Then the officers came back found the abandoned jug, and then found the
still.

Besides the jug, there was a candy bucket two thirds full of new moonshine,
which the heartless officers poured into Cowpen
Creek, which no doubt accounts for the peculiar antics reported among the
catfish lower down the creek on Sunday last.

The still and jug were placed behind the bars of the County jail here and
have been the center of attraction for a number of curious people since that
time.

On Monday night some enterprising and thirsty individual or individuals,
introduced a pipe or some kind of hollow container through the bars of the cage
and into the jug and siphoned about a gallon out of captivity, and are no doubt
enjoying a “Merry Christmas.”

Nine panes of glass were broken out of the jail windows the day following
the putting of this open jug into the cage, by the Bumblebees trying to get in
to the scent.